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WORDS OF WISDOM ? No mistake or failure is as bad as to stop and not try again. ? John Wanamaker ? Most promotions are won outside the 8-hour work day. ? Anonymous VOLUME 51 ?NUMBER 41~ GOOD READING IN THIS ISSUE YOUR MIND By WOHai Tfc orp* CHEYENNE SCOUT CORNER By E. LsKamrmtrf DURHAM SOCIAL NOTES By Mr*. Sjmlmtr D mf WRITERS FORUM By Gtmrf B. Ram PREGNANCY PLANNING A HEALTH By G. Rio** PRICE: 20 CENTS NORTH CAROLINA NAACP TO MEET OCT .12-15 VEP Urges Heavy Black Voter Registrat A 1 WGM MmJiMM MB * Hp|' \u25a0l. HE! Ik fci Hk. V' pik Hk W§M|H «^Hhl Gloster B. Deliver Keynote Address ATLANTA, Ga. During a recent three-day whirlwind tour of North Carolina, repre- sentatives of the Atlanta-based Voter Education Project, Inc. (VEP) urged thousands of blacks - student and non-stu- dent, urban and rural - to view voter registration as an extension of the civil rights movement of the 1960'5. VEP Executive Director John Lewis and Georgia State Rep. Julian Bond told capa- city crowds at black colleges and universities, trade schools, high schools, city halls, and churches throughout the state drive to "organize the unor- ganized and register the un- registered." The tour, coordinated by John Edwards, director of the North Carolina VEP in Dur- ham, included stops in Char- lotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Windsor, Roper, Rocky Mount, Durham, and Danville, Va.. with side trips through Washington, Chowan, Perqui- mans and Martin counties. Citing the fact that North Carolina, with only 55.4 per- cent of its black voting age population registered, has the lowest percentage of black registration of any of the eleven southern states, Lewis repeatedly told audiences "there is much need for im- provement in this state." The tour kicked off on September 10 with a rally on the campus of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte. Lewis told the students that he has often been called an "outside agitator" because of his civil rights activities. "But, he said, "there is nothing wrong with agitating if you are agitating for the right reasons." The former national chair- man of the Studeht Non- violent Coordinating Com- mittee (SNCC) said the "agi- tator" label was placed on him and other members of SNCC as they traveled about the South in the 1960's trying to break down the barriers of racial discrimination. He said that blacks must now use the ballot to "lirn this country around in 1972 or we will be forced to turn it upside down in 1973." Lewis and Bond were pre- sented with keys to the city by Charlotte Mayor Pro Tem Fred Alexander. Lewis, who was jailed 40 times between 1960 and 1966 during the height of the civil rights movement, told students at North Carolina Central Uni- veraty in Durham to "use the vote to create a new kind of politics. "We need an army of cou- rageous young people to re- gister 350,000 black voters," Lewis said. He described rural areas where "black people are living in a sea of poverty. This country can spend billions of dollars to place men on the moon, but it can't spend a few dollars to place the chil- dren of God on their feet at home. "And while 'millions' are allocated to the University of North Carolina, 'peanuts' are offered to NCCU," Lewis add- ed. Bond called on students throughout the state to reject "negative definitions" of poli- tics such as "the art of the possible and the art of com- promise." He suggested that they adopt a new definition of politics - "the art of seeing who gets how much of what from whom. We are the who, who haven't gotten much of anything from you-know- who," the Georgia legislator said. Bond gave the students dramatic accounts of the civil rights movement in the South, which began in North Caro- Contd. on Daae fi A The 29th Annual Conven- tion of the North Carolina State Conference of Branches, National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo- ple will convene in this city beginning Thursday, October 12th, with a Pre-Convention Ministers & Church Work Committee Meeting under the direction of Rev. J. T. Mc- Millan, Chairman, N. C. NAA- CP Church Work Committee and President of the Winston- Salem, N. C. NAACP Branch. Special events of the Thursday meeting will be an address delivered by Rev. Matthew D. MoCollom, President of the South Carolina State Confe- rence NAACP Branches and Pastor of Wesley United Meth- odist Church in Charleston, S. C., at the Ministers and Church Work Committee Lun- cheon. The Thursday activi- ties will end on Thursday even- ing with an address by Rev. William C. Ardrey, President of the Detroit NAACP Branch and Pastor of the St. Paul AME Zion Church in Detroit, Mich. Fund Raising. Additional feature* on Fri- day afternoon will be a d»- cussaon of Food and Nutrition ?U. S. Department Agricul- Contd. on page 6A too. I will do all in my power to bring them home. I call upon the American people to help me." Other POVNs are COPENHAGEN: RECENTLY released U. S. POW trio meets press on arrival at Kastrup Airport here Sept. 28 en route to New York. Navy Lt. (J.G.) Norris Charles (left) of San Diego, Calif., told newsmen, "My belief is if the war is ended, the other priso- ners of war will be released Navy Lt. (J.G.) Mark Gartley (right) of Dunedin, Fla., and Aii Force Maj. Edward Elias of Valdosta, Ga (UPI) Wheeler Appointed To ABA National I A&T Gets Diplomat | The Theme of the Conven- tion is "Facing the Challenge of a New Political Era." The Convention Headquarters will be in the Durham Hotel & Motel. All Business Sessions GREENSBORO - A&T State University has been se- lected by the Agency for In- ternational Development (AID) to participate in a uni- que Diplomat -in-Residence program, designed to give re- turning Foreign Service offi- cers interaction with faculty and students. The first diplomat to be assigned to A&T is Dr. William E. Reed, former dean of the university's School of Agri- culture. He recently returned to the United States after spending 11 years in AID pro- grams in Africa. "We are extremely excited ? *??/-w»\ jra DR.REED about our involvement in this new cooperative venture with the Agency for International Development," said Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy, chancellor of A&T. "Putting our students and fa- culty members in direct con- m tact with seasoned foreign ser- vice officers will add immea- surably to their total educa- tional development." The Diplomat-in-Residence Program, administered by the Foreign Service Institute, was first initiated in 1964 at the Univeraty of California, the Univeraty of lowa and the University of Wasington. Reed will spend a full year at A&T and develop his own program, including some tea- ching and seminars with fa- culty and students. "We are supposed to serve as resource persons, providing information and expertise in foreign assistance programs and the training of foreign 'national in the United States," said Reed. "We shall also pssist in upgrading of A&T's programs in these areas." Reed served as regional di- rector for AID in Nigeria, deputy mission director for Ethiopia and mission director in Togo. A native of Columbia, La., he holds the Ph.D. degree in soil chemistry from Cornell University. He is the first scientist to make a soil survey of Liberia. Reed came to A&T from the State Department in 1949 and served as dean of the School of Agriculture until his departure for Africa in 1961. He is married to the former Mattye Scott of Baton Rouge, La. The Reeds have three children. WASHINGTON?John H. Wheeler, President of Mechan- » ics and Farmers in Durham has been appointed to a po- sition of national leadership in the banking industry. Wheeler was appointed to the Urban and Community Affairs Committee of The American Bankers Asociation by ABA President-elect Eu- gene H. Adams. The ABA is the national association of the banking industry. Its membership to- tals some 13,000 commercial r nntnri I | BP HI \u25a0 WHEELER banks?nearly 97 per cent of the nation's total. The committee is concern- ed with improving the econo- mic condition of our nation's urban areas. While the com- mittee acts as a "clearing house" to disseminate infor- mation, it also has initiated such programs as Mnbanc, an industry-supported investment i company to provide capital to minority-owned banks; a five- year $1 billion minority lend- ing goal; black campus recruit- ing; and "key city" viats to assist communications be- tween black and white bua- ress sectors. Women's Peace League Urges Action Programs Sixty-one delegates from nine states and Washington, DC. gathered for the first Bi- ennial Southeastern Regional Conference of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom at Chapel Hill and Durham on September 29 to October 1. Hosted by the Durham-Chapel Hill branch of the WILPF, the delegates par- ticipated in two workshops an- alyzing the economic issues underlying the struggle to ach- ieve peace and freedom, both nationally and internationally. Two resolutions calling for ac- tion programs were passed by the southeast regional confere- Contd. on page 6A will be held at Convention Headquarters. The Thursday evening meeting will be held at the Saint Mark AME Zion Church on So. Roxboro St., the Rev. L. A. Miller is the pastor. The President, Kelly M. Alexander, Sr., of Charlotte, N. C. will deliver hiß annual address to the Convention at 10:00 a.m. Friday morning. Gloster B. Current, Direc- tor, Branches & Field Admini- stration of New York City will deliver the Keynote Ad- dress of the Convention at the Durham Hotel and Motel, Fri- day evening, 8:00 p.m., Oct. 13th. The afternoon session on Friday focus attention on In- ternal Affairs of the organi- zation featuring National NAACP Staff members. Mrs. Ruby Hurley, director, South- east Region, NAACP, Atlanta, Ga., will discuss the Relation- ship of the Regional Office to Branches and State Con- ferences; Miss Althea T. L. Simmons, director, NAACP Training Programs, of New York City, will direct a Lead- ership Development & Branch Problem Clinic; Julius E. Williams, director, NAACP Veterans Programs, will pro- ject an in depth analy9s as to the returning veteran prob- lems and how to solve them; Charles McCean, N. C. Field Director NAACP, will discuss Membership Techniques and Distinguished Scholar Gets Locke BALTIMORE, Md. - Dr. Nick Aaron Ford, the noted Black Studies and English pro- fessor, has been appointed as the Alain Locke Professor of Black Studies for the 1972-73 academic year at Morgan State College. His appointment to the distinguished professorship, named in honor of the late Howard University professor, a pioneer of Negro literature and art, was announced by the College's Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Ro- ger K. Williams. In making the announcement of Dr. Ford, a faculty member at Morgan State for twenty six years, as the Locke Professor of Black Studies, Dr. Williams praised Ford for his continu- ing role in the development of the humanities at Morgan State. Dr. Ford, who was chair- man of the Morgan State de- partment of English for twen- ty-three years before his re- tirement from that post a year ago, has been on leave for the past two years completing an evaluative study of Black Stu- dies programs in American col- leges and universities. His re- search studies were funded under a grant from the Na- tional Endowment for the Hu- manities. According to Dr. Ford, Locke, as no other Black scholar, exemplified the true ideas of humanistic teaching and learning. In his forth- coming book, BLACK STU- DIES: THREAT OR CHAL- LENGE?, Dr. Ford says of Locke: . . His efforts stimu- lated the Harlem Renaissance and opened new opportuni- ties for young black creative writers, artists and perfor- mers. . The new professorial chair is named for the late Dr. Locke, recognized as a land- mark scholar in Black litera- ture and culture. He was a professor of philosophy at Ho- ward University from 1912- 53. His treatise on Black Stu- dies will provide opportunity for colleges and universities to compare and contrast their programs in this area with other programs. Institutions in the process of formulating plans for such programs will be offered a wide variety of models for consideration. Dr. Fonl, who is the cur- rent president of the Middle Atlantic Region of the College English Association, said, "To be appointed by Morgan State ... to a new professorship created to honor such an illus- trious name as Alain Locke is indeed an important event in my career." The author and-or editor of eight books, Dr. Ford is a graduate of Benedict (S.C.) College, holds the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the State Univerdty of lowa. He is married to Mrs. Ola Mae Ford, an assistant professor on the Morgan State English faculty. James Rogers Durham Housing Authority Durham's outstanding and national teacher of the year, James "Jay" Rogers has been named to the Durham Housing Authority's Board of Commis- sioners. He will replace E.W. Midgette, Burton School prin- cipal, whose term expired Sep- tember 30. Rogers, a history teacher at Durham High School, lias been accorded many honors since his election as National Teach- er of the year 1972. In addi- tion, he has travelled exten- sively, representing North Car- olina, speaking to many groups in all sections of the country, as well as serving as a judge in many national, sectional and- area events. A Durham native, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Ro- gers and attended Pearson E- lementary, Whitted Junior High and was graduated from Hillside High School in 1958. His B.A. degree in History was earned at North Carolin:: Cen- tral University. After a two year stint in the Air Force, Rogers underwent a program with the Community Action Technicians Training Area. Ro- gers then served 3'A years as Deputy Director of the Neigh- borhood Youth Corps for Wat- auga, Avery, Mitchell and Yan- cey Counties. Such work in- creased his interest in helping the youth of the community. The continued interest in the growth and development of young people led him to further pursue these interests by enrolling in the graduate school at Appalachian State University at Boon, N. C. The M.A. degree in History was awarded to Rogers in 19- 70. September, 1970 found him at Durham High School where he began teaching U.S. i History and developing a Black ] Studies Course. His continued efforts at working to better relations between all students won for him the honor for be- | ing selected as Durham's North Carolina's and nationally the youths both black and white Roger's name was the only I one submitted by A.C. Pled- ger, who served as chairman of the nominating committer. Contd. on page 6A h m 9 DR. FORD m DR. ALLISON «g <-wm - \u25a0 4B^^3^Ki:t BranF %. < ,iliH Jjfl MRS. ELKINS N.C. Democratic Women To Hold Convention The twelfth Annual Con- vention of N.C. Democratic women will be held Friday and Saturday, October 6 and 7th at the Durham Hotel-Mo- tel. Many exciting and interest- ing activities have been plan- ned around the theme "To- gether: Old and New in 72". Each part of the program is designed to bring Democrats together in a united front to deal effectively with the cam- paign tasks ahead in order to assure victory in November for all Democratic candidates. Mrs. Arthur J. Goldberg will be the Luncheon Speaker on Friday. She is the wife of former Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg and also Contd. on page 6A Wpfh % t ] \u25a0H \u25a0 | - 1 j m flflj Imv)v)i B{j 111 CHARLESTON: W. VA.: The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, president of the Southern Chrktian Leadership Conferer. ce, fifth from left, first row, led a protest march Monday night by striking dty garbage collectors against the city admin fart ration for failu* to recognize their union. (UPI) OCTOBER 7 - YOUR LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER TO VOTE Clue Car|pb Ciin£o DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 7,1972

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WORDS OF WISDOM?

No mistake or failure is as bad as to stop andnot try again. ? John Wanamaker

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Most promotions are won outside the 8-hourwork day. ? Anonymous

VOLUME 51 ?NUMBER 41~

GOOD READING IN THIS ISSUEYOUR MIND By WOHai Tfcorp*

CHEYENNE SCOUT CORNER By E. LsKamrmtrfDURHAM SOCIAL NOTES By Mr*. Sjmlmtr Dmf

WRITERS FORUM By Gtmrf B. Ram

PREGNANCY PLANNING A HEALTH By G. Rio**

PRICE: 20 CENTS

NORTH CAROLINA NAACP TO MEET OCT .12-15VEP Urges Heavy BlackVoter Registrat

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ATLANTA, Ga. Duringa recent three-day whirlwindtour of North Carolina, repre-sentatives of the Atlanta-basedVoter Education Project, Inc.(VEP) urged thousands ofblacks - student and non-stu-dent, urban and rural - toview voter registration as anextension of the civil rightsmovement of the 1960'5.

VEP Executive DirectorJohn Lewis and Georgia StateRep. Julian Bond told capa-city crowds at black collegesand universities, trade schools,high schools, city halls, andchurches throughout the statedrive to "organize the unor-ganized and register the un-registered."

The tour, coordinated byJohn Edwards, director of theNorth Carolina VEP in Dur-ham, included stops in Char-lotte, Greensboro, Raleigh,Windsor, Roper, RockyMount, Durham, and Danville,Va.. with side trips throughWashington, Chowan, Perqui-mans and Martin counties.

Citing the fact that NorthCarolina, with only 55.4 per-cent of its black voting agepopulation registered, has thelowest percentage of blackregistration of any of the

eleven southern states, Lewisrepeatedly told audiences"there is much need for im-provement in this state."

The tour kicked off onSeptember 10 with a rally onthe campus of Johnson C.Smith University in Charlotte.Lewis told the students thathe has often been called an"outside agitator" because ofhis civil rights activities.

"But, he said, "there isnothing wrong with agitatingif you are agitating for theright reasons."

The former national chair-man of the Studeht Non-violent Coordinating Com-mittee (SNCC) said the "agi-tator" label was placed onhim and other members of

SNCC as they traveled aboutthe South in the 1960's tryingto break down the barriers ofracial discrimination.

He said that blacks mustnow use the ballot to "lirnthis country around in 1972or we will be forced to turnit upside down in 1973."

Lewis and Bond were pre-sented with keys to the cityby Charlotte Mayor Pro TemFred Alexander.

Lewis, who was jailed 40times between 1960 and 1966during the height of the civilrights movement, told studentsat North Carolina Central Uni-veraty in Durham to "use thevote to create a new kind ofpolitics.

"We need an army of cou-rageous young people to re-gister 350,000 black voters,"Lewis said.

He described rural areaswhere "black people are livingin a sea of poverty. Thiscountry can spend billions ofdollars to place men on themoon, but it can't spend afew dollars to place the chil-dren of God on their feet athome.

"And while 'millions' areallocated to the University ofNorth Carolina, 'peanuts' areoffered to NCCU," Lewis add-ed.

Bond called on studentsthroughout the state to reject"negative definitions" of poli-tics such as "the art of thepossible and the art of com-promise."

He suggested that theyadopt a new definition ofpolitics - "the art of seeingwho gets how much of whatfrom whom. We are the who,who haven't gotten much ofanything from you-know-who," the Georgia legislatorsaid.

Bond gave the studentsdramatic accounts of the civilrights movement in the South,which began in North Caro-

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The 29th Annual Conven-tion of the North CarolinaState Conference of Branches,National Association for theAdvancement of Colored Peo-ple will convene in this citybeginning Thursday, October12th, with a Pre-ConventionMinisters & Church WorkCommittee Meeting under thedirection of Rev. J. T. Mc-Millan, Chairman, N. C. NAA-CP Church Work Committeeand President of the Winston-Salem, N. C. NAACP Branch.Special events of the Thursdaymeeting will be an addressdelivered by Rev. Matthew D.MoCollom, President of theSouth Carolina State Confe-rence NAACP Branches andPastor of Wesley United Meth-odist Church in Charleston,S. C., at the Ministers and

Church Work Committee Lun-cheon. The Thursday activi-ties will end on Thursday even-ing with an address by Rev.William C. Ardrey, Presidentof the Detroit NAACP Branchand Pastor of the St. PaulAME Zion Church in Detroit,Mich.

Fund Raising.Additional feature* on Fri-

day afternoon will be a d»-cussaon of Food and Nutrition?U. S. Department Agricul-

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too. I will do all in my powerto bring them home. I callupon the American people tohelp me." Other POVNs are

COPENHAGEN: RECENTLYreleased U. S. POW trio meetspress on arrival at KastrupAirport here Sept. 28 enroute to New York. Navy

Lt. (J.G.) Norris Charles (left)of San Diego, Calif., toldnewsmen, "My belief is if thewar is ended, the other priso-ners of war will be released

Navy Lt. (J.G.) Mark Gartley(right) of Dunedin, Fla., andAii Force Maj. Edward Eliasof Valdosta, Ga (UPI)

Wheeler Appointed ToABA National

I A&T Gets Diplomat |The Theme of the Conven-

tion is "Facing the Challengeof a New Political Era." TheConvention Headquarters willbe in the Durham Hotel &

Motel. All Business Sessions

GREENSBORO - A&TState University has been se-lected by the Agency for In-ternational Development(AID) to participate in a uni-que Diplomat -in-Residenceprogram, designed to give re-turning Foreign Service offi-cers interaction with facultyand students.

The first diplomat to beassigned to A&T is Dr. WilliamE. Reed, former dean of theuniversity's School of Agri-culture. He recently returnedto the United States after

spending 11 years in AID pro-grams in Africa.

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DR.REEDabout our involvement in thisnew cooperative venture withthe Agency for InternationalDevelopment," said Dr. LewisC. Dowdy, chancellor of A&T."Putting our students and fa-culty members in direct con-

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vice officers will add immea-surably to their total educa-tional development."

The Diplomat-in-ResidenceProgram, administered by theForeign Service Institute, wasfirst initiated in 1964 at theUniveraty of California, theUniveraty of lowa and theUniversity of Wasington.

Reed will spend a full yearat A&T and develop his ownprogram, including some tea-

ching and seminars with fa-culty and students.

"We are supposed to serveas resource persons, providinginformation and expertise inforeign assistance programsand the training of foreign'national in the United States,"said Reed. "We shall alsopssist in upgrading of A&T'sprograms in these areas."

Reed served as regional di-rector for AID in Nigeria,deputy mission director forEthiopia and mission director

in Togo.A native of Columbia, La.,

he holds the Ph.D. degree insoil chemistry from CornellUniversity. He is the firstscientist to make a soil surveyof Liberia.

Reed came to A&T fromthe State Department in 1949and served as dean of theSchool of Agriculture until hisdeparture for Africa in 1961.

He is married to the formerMattye Scott of Baton Rouge,La. The Reeds have three

children.

WASHINGTON?John H.Wheeler, President of Mechan- »ics and Farmers in Durhamhas been appointed to a po-sition of national leadershipin the banking industry.

Wheeler was appointed tothe Urban and CommunityAffairs Committee of TheAmerican Bankers Asociationby ABA President-elect Eu-gene H. Adams.

The ABA is the nationalassociation of the bankingindustry. Its membership to-tals some 13,000 commercial

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The committee is concern-ed with improving the econo-mic condition of our nation'surban areas. While the com-mittee acts as a "clearing

house" to disseminate infor-mation, it also has initiatedsuch programs as Mnbanc, anindustry-supported investment icompany to provide capital tominority-owned banks; a five-year $1 billion minority lend-ing goal; black campus recruit-ing; and "key city" viats to

assist communications be-

tween black and white bua-ress sectors.

Women's PeaceLeague UrgesAction Programs

Sixty-one delegates fromnine states and Washington,DC. gathered for the first Bi-ennial Southeastern RegionalConference of the Women'sInternational League for Peaceand Freedom at Chapel Hilland Durham on September 29to October 1. Hosted by theDurham-Chapel Hill branch ofthe WILPF, the delegates par-ticipated in two workshops an-alyzing the economic issuesunderlying the struggle to ach-ieve peace and freedom, bothnationally and internationally.Two resolutions calling for ac-tion programs were passed bythe southeast regional confere-

Contd. on page 6A

will be held at ConventionHeadquarters. The Thursdayevening meeting will be heldat the Saint Mark AME ZionChurch on So. Roxboro St.,the Rev. L. A. Miller is thepastor.

The President, Kelly M.Alexander, Sr., of Charlotte,N. C. will deliver hiß annualaddress to the Convention at10:00 a.m. Friday morning.

Gloster B. Current, Direc-tor, Branches & Field Admini-stration of New York Citywill deliver the Keynote Ad-dress of the Convention at theDurham Hotel and Motel, Fri-day evening, 8:00 p.m., Oct.13th.

The afternoon session onFriday focus attention on In-ternal Affairs of the organi-zation featuring NationalNAACP Staff members. Mrs.Ruby Hurley, director, South-east Region, NAACP, Atlanta,Ga., will discuss the Relation-ship of the Regional Officeto Branches and State Con-ferences; Miss Althea T. L.Simmons, director, NAACPTraining Programs, of NewYork City, will direct a Lead-ership Development & BranchProblem Clinic; Julius E.Williams, director, NAACPVeterans Programs, will pro-ject an in depth analy9s asto the returning veteran prob-lems and how to solve them;

Charles McCean, N. C. Field

Director NAACP, will discussMembership Techniques and

DistinguishedScholar Gets Locke

BALTIMORE, Md. - Dr.Nick Aaron Ford, the notedBlack Studies and English pro-fessor, has been appointed asthe Alain Locke Professor ofBlack Studies for the 1972-73academic year at Morgan StateCollege.

His appointment to thedistinguished professorship,named in honor of the lateHoward University professor,a pioneer of Negro literatureand art, was announced bythe College's Vice-Presidentfor Academic Affairs, Dr. Ro-ger K. Williams. In makingthe announcement of Dr. Ford,a faculty member at MorganState for twenty six years,as the Locke Professor ofBlack Studies, Dr. Williamspraised Ford for his continu-ing role in the developmentof the humanities at MorganState.

Dr. Ford, who was chair-man of the Morgan State de-partment of English for twen-ty-three years before his re-tirement from that post a yearago, has been on leave for thepast two years completing anevaluative study of Black Stu-

dies programs in American col-

leges and universities. His re-search studies were fundedunder a grant from the Na-tional Endowment for the Hu-manities.

According to Dr. Ford,Locke, as no other Blackscholar, exemplified the true

ideas of humanistic teachingand learning. In his forth-coming book, BLACK STU-DIES: THREAT OR CHAL-LENGE?, Dr. Ford says ofLocke: . . His efforts stimu-lated the Harlem Renaissanceand opened new opportuni-ties for young black creativewriters, artists and perfor-mers. .

The new professorial chairis named for the late Dr.Locke, recognized as a land-mark scholar in Black litera-ture and culture. He was aprofessor of philosophy at Ho-ward University from 1912-53.

His treatise on Black Stu-dies will provide opportunityfor colleges and universitiesto compare and contrast theirprograms in this area withother programs. Institutionsin the process of formulatingplans for such programs willbe offered a wide variety ofmodels for consideration.

Dr. Fonl, who is the cur-rent president of the MiddleAtlantic Region of the CollegeEnglish Association, said, "Tobe appointed by Morgan State... to a new professorshipcreated to honor such an illus-trious name as Alain Lockeis indeed an important eventin my career."

The author and-or editorof eight books, Dr. Ford is agraduate of Benedict (S.C.)College, holds the M.A. andPh.D. degrees from the State

Univerdty of lowa. He ismarried to Mrs. Ola Mae Ford,an assistant professor on theMorgan State English faculty.

James RogersDurham Housing Authority

Durham's outstanding andnational teacher of the year,James "Jay" Rogers has beennamed to the Durham HousingAuthority's Board of Commis-sioners. He will replace E.W.Midgette, Burton School prin-cipal, whose term expired Sep-tember 30.

Rogers, a history teacher atDurham High School, lias been

accorded many honors sincehis election as National Teach-er of the year 1972. In addi-tion, he has travelled exten-sively, representing North Car-olina, speaking to many groupsin all sections of the country,as well as serving as a judge inmany national, sectional and-area events.

A Durham native, he is theson of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Ro-gers and attended Pearson E-lementary, Whitted JuniorHigh and was graduated fromHillside High School in 1958.His B.A. degree in History wasearned at North Carolin:: Cen-tral University. After a twoyear stint in the Air Force,Rogers underwent a programwith the Community Action

Technicians Training Area. Ro-gers then served 3'A years asDeputy Director of the Neigh-borhood Youth Corps for Wat-auga, Avery, Mitchell and Yan-cey Counties. Such work in-creased his interest in helpingthe youth of the community.

The continued interest inthe growth and developmentof young people led him tofurther pursue these interestsby enrolling in the graduateschool at Appalachian StateUniversity at Boon, N. C.

The M.A. degree in Historywas awarded to Rogers in 19-70. September, 1970 foundhim at Durham High Schoolwhere he began teaching U.S.

i History and developing a Black] Studies Course. His continuedefforts at working to betterrelations between all studentswon for him the honor for be-

| ing selected as Durham's NorthCarolina's and nationally theyouths both black and white

Roger's name was the onlyI one submitted by A.C. Pled-

ger, who served as chairman ofthe nominating committer.

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N.C. DemocraticWomen ToHold Convention

The twelfth Annual Con-vention of N.C. Democraticwomen will be held Fridayand Saturday, October 6 and7th at the Durham Hotel-Mo-tel.

Many exciting and interest-ing activities have been plan-ned around the theme "To-gether: Old and New in 72".Each part of the program isdesigned to bring Democratstogether in a united front todeal effectively with the cam-paign tasks ahead in order toassure victory in November forall Democratic candidates.

Mrs. Arthur J. Goldbergwill be the Luncheon Speakeron Friday. She is the wife offormer Secretary of Labor,Arthur J. Goldberg and also

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CHARLESTON: W. VA.:The Rev. Ralph Abernathy,president of the Southern

Chrktian Leadership Conferer.ce, fifth from left, first row,led a protest march Monday

night by striking dty garbagecollectors against the city

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OCTOBER 7 - YOUR LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER TO VOTE

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